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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon, Sr.
Keywords: and :: between :: by :: comparison :: is :: lost :: no :: not :: succeeding :: that :: there :: trying :: whichSubject: Losing Quotes :: Trying QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may apprec...
Alexandre Dumas
Keywords: able :: another :: appreciate :: best :: comparison :: deepest :: die :: experience :: felt :: grief :: happiness :: has :: have :: he :: in :: is :: it :: may :: misery :: more :: must :: neither :: nor :: nothing :: of :: one :: only :: state :: supreme :: that :: the :: there :: to :: we :: what :: who :: worldSource: thinkexist.com
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We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
Erich Fromm
Keywords: act :: all :: are :: as :: at :: awake :: by :: comparison :: do :: doings :: dream :: dreams :: goes :: if :: in :: least :: logical :: minds :: not :: nothing :: of :: on :: our :: purposeful :: sleep :: strange :: the :: understand :: we :: when :: with :: yetSubject: Dreams QuotesSource: brainyquote.com
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[talking about his comeback and the comparison with John Travolta`s career turn in Pulp Fiction]:"If I get ten percent of John Travolta`s bounce, I will be thrilled."
Robert Forster
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Working for the studios is no piece of cake. But it`s a trade-off situation, whomever you work for. You have much less creative freedom working for big studios, but they really release your film. By comparison, you have enormous creative freedom working f...
John Carpenter
Keywords: big :: but :: by :: cake :: comparison :: creative :: enormous :: film :: for :: freedom :: have :: ind :: is :: it :: less :: much :: no :: of :: off :: piece :: really :: release :: situation :: studios :: the :: they :: trade :: whomever :: work :: working :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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[On her character, Charlotte, from "Sex and the City" (1998)]: She`s really, very funny. I would never describe Charlotte as a prude. Maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn`t willing to do the stuff they were doing and...
Kristin Davis
Keywords: 1998 :: and :: as :: at :: but :: character :: charlotte :: city :: comparison :: describe :: do :: doing :: from :: funny :: girls :: her :: in :: maybe :: mean :: never :: on :: other :: prude :: really :: sex :: she :: start :: stuff :: thank :: that :: the :: they :: to :: very :: was :: wasn :: were :: willing :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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Al, over the years we`ve taken roles from one another. People have tried to compare us to one another, to pit us against each one another and to tear us apart personally. I`ve never seen the comparison frankly. I`m clearly much taller, more the leading-ma...
Robert De Niro
Keywords: against :: al :: and :: another :: apart :: clearly :: compare :: comparison :: each :: frankly :: from :: have :: leading :: man :: more :: much :: never :: one :: over :: people :: personally :: pit :: roles :: seen :: taken :: taller :: tear :: the :: to :: tried :: type :: us :: ve :: we :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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My first introduction to English football was in 1990 when I was over here making Robin Hood and I got invited to an Arsenal game. Having watched sports all my life in America, there was no comparison in terms of the emotion that was in the stadium that d...
Kevin Costner
Keywords: 1990 :: all :: america :: an :: and :: arsenal :: comparison :: day :: emotion :: english :: first :: football :: game :: got :: having :: here :: hood :: in :: introduction :: invited :: life :: making :: my :: no :: of :: over :: robin :: sports :: stadium :: terms :: that :: the :: there :: to :: was :: watched :: whenSource: imdb.com
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About leaving the show Star Trek: "Leaving the show was a really difficult decision to make. It was purely an artistic one. I was very, very frustrated as an actor on the show and I felt straight jacketed. I always kind of use the comparison of being draf...
Denise Crosby
Keywords: about :: actor :: always :: an :: and :: artistic :: as :: being :: by :: comparison :: decision :: difficult :: drafted :: felt :: frustrated :: it :: jacketed :: kind :: leaving :: make :: of :: on :: one :: purely :: really :: show :: star :: straight :: the :: to :: trek :: use :: very :: wasSource: imdb.com
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I like the comparison to Depp because with him, the way he transforms himself from role to role, he`s just this miraculous changeling and people really get behind it. But with me, people sometimes have a problem.
Jennifer Leigh
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They compare me to Al Pacino -- I admire and appreciate the comparison. But, really, I`d rather be thought of as "the first Adrien Brody," than "the new Al Pacino!
Adrien Brody
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I hesitate to call things companion pieces or to draw comparison between films because I think you reduce the films by doing that.
Julianne Moore
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On the comparison between Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)`s group fight and Neo vs. 100 Agent Smiths in The Matrix Reloaded (2003): "First off, I`ve always thought of the black suits as mine, so I don`t think of them as Agent Smiths, I think of them as Reservoir...
Quentin Tarantino
Keywords: 100 :: 2003 :: agent :: always :: and :: as :: between :: bill :: black :: comparison :: dogs :: don :: fight :: first :: group :: in :: kill :: matrix :: mine :: neo :: of :: off :: on :: reloaded :: reservoir :: smiths :: so :: suits :: the :: them :: think :: thought :: ve :: vol :: vs :: withSource: imdb.com
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[On giving up material possessions and shedding 30 pounds for The Pianist (2002)] "There`s no comparison to what Wladyslaw Szpilman went through and the suffering that people during the Holocaust, or nations afflicted with famine are going through, but it...
Adrien Brody
Keywords: 2002 :: 30 :: afflicted :: and :: are :: but :: comparison :: during :: famine :: for :: gave :: giving :: going :: holocaust :: it :: material :: nations :: no :: on :: or :: people :: pianist :: possessions :: pounds :: shedding :: suffering :: szpilman :: that :: the :: there :: through :: to :: up :: went :: what :: with :: wladyslawSource: imdb.com
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All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you`re actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can`t do that. You have t...
Brandon Lee
Keywords: actor :: actually :: all :: an :: as :: based :: can :: cannot :: career :: choices :: comparison :: do :: downplay :: either :: else :: have :: in :: is :: just :: live :: make :: on :: or :: own :: re :: somebody :: tell :: that :: to :: trying :: up :: when :: with :: working :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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Yes. And I believe there`s no comparison. We tried to get Brock for the last fight, we tried to get Brock for this fight and it`s plain to see that his people are not interested in fighting me. I don`t care what they say, they`d prefer to keep him away fr...
Anne Dobrowski
Keywords: and :: are :: away :: believe :: brock :: care :: comparison :: don :: fight :: fighting :: for :: from :: get :: him :: his :: in :: interested :: it :: keep :: last :: me :: no :: not :: pe :: people :: plain :: prefer :: say :: see :: that :: the :: there :: they :: this :: to :: tried :: we :: what :: yesSource: thinkexist.com
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When you compare 1.3 for a levee safety factor with another safety factor that may be used in a different type structure, you don`t always have an apples-to-apples comparison.
Tony Young
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When we speak of `the higher education community,` it`s not just an expression, ... We really are a community of learners, and we take care of each other. The administrative difficulties presented by last-minute, mid-semester, interstate transfers pale in...
John Peters
Keywords: administrative :: an :: and :: are :: by :: care :: community :: comparison :: difficulties :: each :: education :: expression :: higher :: in :: interstate :: it :: just :: last :: learners :: mid :: minute :: not :: of :: other :: pale :: presented :: really :: semester :: speak :: take :: the :: transfers :: we :: whenSource: thinkexist.com
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What that comparison told us was that the law was improving business, ... Last year the state collected $4,869,000 (in food and beverage taxes) and this year they collected $5,824,000. When you look at those two numbers there?s clearly no drop in revenue....
Baba Dioum
Keywords: 000 :: 824 :: 869 :: and :: at :: beverage :: business :: clearly :: collected :: comparison :: con :: drop :: food :: improving :: in :: last :: law :: look :: no :: numbers :: revenue :: state :: taxes :: that :: the :: there :: they :: this :: those :: to :: told :: two :: us :: was :: what :: when :: year :: youSource: thinkexist.com
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We were in the same band, but we`re two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can`t, because there`s no comparison. Her album`s okay. I don`t think she`s the best singer on Earth, but she`s okay.
Melanie Chisholm
Keywords: album :: albums :: and :: asked :: band :: because :: best :: but :: can :: comparison :: comparisons :: completely :: different :: don :: earth :: have :: her :: in :: make :: me :: no :: okay :: on :: our :: people :: re :: same :: she :: singer :: the :: there :: think :: to :: two :: we :: were :: withSource: brainyquote.com
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We miss our families, and my little fellow started kindergarten this week, and my wife`s having to pick up the slack, so it`s tough being away, ... But all of that pales in comparison to what these people are going through.
Brendan Murphy
Keywords: all :: and :: are :: away :: being :: but :: comparison :: families :: fellow :: going :: having :: in :: it :: kindergarten :: little :: miss :: my :: of :: our :: pales :: people :: pick :: slack :: so :: started :: that :: the :: these :: this :: through :: to :: tough :: up :: we :: week :: what :: wifeSource: thinkexist.com
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We had no difficulty whatsoever in raising a great deal of money in those days. The sum paled by comparison with the current fund requirement.
Lew Wasserman
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We expect the first quarter to be a reasonably tough comparison versus last year,
Scott Davis
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon
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The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.
Amanda Clark
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The money is good but it pales in comparison to the money we make selling the automobiles.
Jeff Bell
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The law firm comparison tool not only gives law firms an opportunity to showcase their credentials to prospective clients and grow their practices, but also provides valuable benefits to corporate counsel who rely heavily upon martindale.com to identify, ...
Audra Major
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The comparison of subways and sandwiches is a bit of an old joke for us now.
Charlotte Cooper
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That is to say, nature`s laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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Take a sound from whatever source, a note on a violin, a scream, a moan, a creaking door, and there is always this symmetry between the sound basis, which is complex and has numerous characteristics which emerge through a process of comparison within our ...
Pierre Schaeffer
Keywords: always :: and :: basis :: between :: characteristics :: comparison :: complex :: creaking :: door :: emerge :: from :: has :: is :: moan :: note :: numerous :: of :: on :: our :: percep :: process :: scream :: sound :: source :: symmetry :: take :: the :: there :: this :: through :: violin :: whatever :: which :: withinSource: brainyquote.com
